DIRECTV video subscribers gain access to NBCU’s unprecedented multi-platform coverage of the Milan Cortina Olympics, featuring live daytime coverage of top events and enhanced primetime show.
DIRECTV, in agreement with NBCUniversal, today announced a comprehensive multi-platform content offering for NBCU’s coverage of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for February 6–22, 2026. DIRECTV customers will have access to NBCU’s extensive coverage of Olympic programming, including live competition sessions (to begin with preliminary team competitions on Peacock and USA Network as soon as Feb. 4-5), on-demand content, and more hours of Olympic programming on the NBC broadcast network than any previous Winter Games.
In addition to enjoying NBCUniversal’s extensive linear coverage on the NBC broadcast network and on Versant’s USA Network and CNBC cable networks, DIRECTV customers can stay connected to the Winter Olympics wherever they go with NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Sports app and the NBC app, via authentication. On NBCOlympics.com and NBCU’s other digital platforms, users can use OLI, NBCU’s AI-powered Olympic discoverability tool and chatbot, to find real-time U.S. programming information about the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games.
*Live streaming of the NBC broadcast network on DIRECTV is available only in markets where DIRECTV carries NBC.
The following multi-platform offerings from NBCU will allow DIRECTV customers to watch and be a part of the Milan Cortina Olympics through their televisions, PCs, mobile and tablet apps, and connected TVs.
NBCU’s 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Experience on DIRECTV
NBCU’s 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Experience available to DIRECTV customers includes:
Linear Networks
The NBC broadcast network will once again be the backbone of NBCU’s coverage, presenting more programming hours than any previous Winter Olympics. Every day, NBC will provide Olympic fans with at least five hours of daytime coverage of The Winter Olympic Games’ most exciting events, including live finals coverage of figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, freestyle skiing and more. With Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo six hours ahead of the United States’ eastern time zone, the daytime takeover will feature that day’s most popular events live on NBC in the morning and afternoon. This linear coverage will be available to all DIRECTV customers on the NBC broadcast network, USA Network and CNBC.
NBC will deliver 17 consecutive nights of primetime coverage, starting with the Opening Ceremony on Feb. 6 and continuing with 16 episodes of “Primetime in Milan,” including after Super Bowl LX (also broadcast on NBC), providing three hours of edge-of-your-seat entertainment on most nights. The program will take the American audience up close and inside the Olympic day, weaving together the great competitions, moments, stories and raw emotion for the primetime audience to share.
Two Versant cable networks – USA Network and CNBC – will present additional live Olympics coverage.
Fans can also catch the Olympics action on the NBC broadcast network, USA Network and CNBC in hotels, sports bars, restaurants, airplanes and other commercial establishments through DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS®, a commercial video industry leader and a trailblazer in sports content delivery.
NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and NBC Sports app
NBC Sports Digital will stream more than 2,400 hours of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics across its TV Everywhere platforms, via authentication, including NBCOlympics.com (desktop), NBC.com (desktop), the NBC Sports App, the NBC App and all other NBCU apps, which are available across mobile, tablet and connected TVs. The comprehensive offering features live competition across all 16 sports and all 116 medal events, plus simulstreaming of all linear coverage and the digital Gold Zone whip-around show.
NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and the NBC Sports app will once again feature full-event replays of all event streams, plus extensive video highlights. DIRECTV customers can access this streaming coverage of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics at no additional charge. As part of the ultimate Olympic web experience, NBCOlympics.com will feature the most up-to-date streaming schedule, news articles, written features, live blogs, real-time results, medal standings, athlete pages and more, as well as live streams of select training runs and practice sessions and “Best of Milan Cortina,” a 24/7 live stream built from the latest Olympic highlights.
In-Games On-Demand
NBCUniversal is making Olympic highlights and select full-event replays available to all DIRECTV customers via DIRECTV Sports Central. This includes daily Olympic highlights, key event recaps, viral moments and full-event replays of top events.
Interactive TV
DIRECTV satellite customers will have access to an on-screen interactive application for simultaneous viewing of NBCU’s real-time medal counts, events by sport, events by date, an Olympics Mix available on channels 205-2, 600-2, and 242-1, and more. DIRECTV streaming customers will have access to enhanced interactive features through Sports Mode and Sports Central, including Olympics Tournament Pages, individual sport pages, curated carousels, and an Olympics Mix in select markets.
4K HDR
DIRECTV will provide NBCU’s feature coverage of the Milan Cortina Olympics in 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) throughout the entire 17-day event. This feature is available to satellite and streaming customers who receive USA Network, including MySports™, the industry-first sports-centric genre plan that DIRECTV introduced before the Super Bowl last year, or more traditional Signature packages. The lion’s share of NBCU’s daily 4K Olympics coverage will appear on a dedicated channel 105, with bonus coverage on channel 106 set for Sunday, Feb. 8, when NBCU and DIRECTV offer a special 4K doubleheader of Winter Olympics events leading into and out of NBC Sports coverage of Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks.
